Cup-and-ball toy.



No. 667,373. Fgtnted rams, l90l.

I C. J. THUBNGBEN.

0UP AND BALL TOY.

(Application filed June 22, 1900.)

(Ho Iodol.)

CHARLES J. THORNGREN, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT.

CU P-AN D-=BALL TOY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 667,373, dated February5, 1901.

Application filed June 22,1900.

To a whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES J. THORN- GREN, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, residing at New Britain, in the county of Hartfordand State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Cup-and-Ball Toys, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of this invention is to furnish a toy for children whichshall be so constructed as to enable the child to catch a ball in a cupor to reverse the cup and catch the ball upon the pointed end of thehandle.

ith these objects in view and such others as may hereinafter appear myinvention consists in the particular construction of the various partsand in the novel manner of combination and arrangement of the saidparts, all of which will be fully described hereinafter and specificallypointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1represents the cup and ball connected by a string. Fig. 2 representsavertical section of the cup and ball, the cup being inverted.

Referring by letters to the drawings, A represents the cup, which isturned out of wood, with a suitable handle B, the handle having its freeend pointed, as shown at C. The ball D, which is fastened to the cup bya string E, is also turned out of wood and is provided with a recess F,having a lead or any suitable metal band G secured in its edge, theobject of which will be hereinafter explained.

It will be readily seen that by tossing or Serial No. 21.170. (Nomodel.)

ejecting the ball from the cup into the air it may be easily caught inthe cup as it descends by the force of gravity. In order to make the toymore complicated, however, I provide the ball with a recess having aweighted edge, which will cause the ball to turn in the air and fallwith the recess downward, so as to be engaged by the pointed end of thehandle.

I deem the foregoing explanation sufficiently plain to be readilyunderstood by all conversant in such matters, the extreme simplicityrendering an elaborate description unnecessary.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination of a cup having a pointed handle, and of a ballprovided with a recess, the said recess having a weight in the edgethereof, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination of a cup-and-ball toy,

of the cup having a handle terminating in a point, the ball beingprovided with a recess having a Weight in the edge thereof, and of astring connecting the said cup and ball, substantially as shown and forthe purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

CHARLES J. THORNGREN. Witnesses:

JOHN WALSH, MARY E. WALSH.

